There are still three "awkward events" in the Kaohsiung mayoral election: political meeting, golden week, and pre-election night

Lai Qingde and Chen Qimai joined hands to support Lai Ruilong yesterday. (Photo by reporter Li Huizhou)

For the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Green and Blue held campaign rallies in Gangshan and Qishan yesterday. There will be at least three "awkward" events in succession, including the public political opinion presentation on November 14, Golden Week on November 21, and the pre-election night on November 27.

Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong held a support party for North Kaohsiung in Gangshan yesterday evening. President Lai Qingde, Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Meng'an, Interior Minister Liu Shifang, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chimai, DPP Kaohsiung legislators and parliamentarians were almost all present. DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang was represented by campaign director-general Wu Siyao, who preached for Lai Ruilong via video.

Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhien held the final stage of the Three Mountains campaign in Qishan last night. Kuomintang Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wanan and People's Party Chairman Huang Guochang were invited to the platform, and the scene was lively.

This is the fourth time that the Kaohsiung mayor’s blue and green camps have faced each other on the same day. There have been at least three more direct confrontations, namely on November 14 at a public political statement held by the Kaohsiung City Election Committee; on November 21 during the Golden Week, Ke Zhien held a campaign in Fengshan, and Lai Ruilong held a rally in Qishan; on the pre-election night of November 27, the green camp gathered in Fengshan, while the blue camp gathered momentum in front of the former town’s Dream Era.

Jiang Wanan went south to Kaohsiung yesterday to support Ke Zhien. (Provided by Mr. Ke Zhien)